BIS forum tidbits

[Briosafreak]

On the BIS feedback boards aVENGER had a question about the Protagonist on Fallout3 having a voice or not, J.E. Sawyer had this to say:
<blockquote>Even more than with "inappropriate" portraits, many people cannot stand hearing their character talk in a way contrary to how they would like their character to talk. I think the PC should be silent outside of ordinary "ouch" sounds.</blockquote>
And Chad "Briareus" Nicholas had this to say on the question of cutscenes:
<blockquote> The previous Fallouts had FMV as well as in-game cutscenes and Van Buren will be no different. How many FMV scenes we'll have will depend on their importance and how complicated the scene is.[...] We should have cutscenes if they are important in conveying information to the player. Not to achieve some sort of arbitrary ying-yang balance between types of cutscenes.</blockquote>

 

[SimpleMinded]

On the BIS feedback boards aVENGER had a question about the Protagonist on Fallout3 having a voice or not, J.E. Sawyer had this to say:
<blockquote>Even more than with "inappropriate" portraits, many people cannot stand hearing their character talk in a way contrary to how they would like their character to talk. I think the PC should be silent outside of ordinary "ouch" sounds.</blockquote>

I don't know if I agree with him. One of my favorite points to Final Fantasy X as opposed to the previous ones was it had voices! I thought it was such a nice touch and added a lot of character to the... characters. I guess it all depends on how you want to look at it. Do YOU want to be the wasteland hero? Or do you want to play the story of a hero who saved the wasteland? But even on those lines I'm not sure if that applies. O well. What do you guys think?

 

[N]

Agree

I agree with JE. For whatever reason, in these games, *I* want to be the wastelander.

As such, his portrait and/or voice is not something they should supply.

The Final Fantasy games are different, since, for me, they haven't been 'immsersive' in that sense for a long time. They're goofy looking little teenagers -- not someone I can identify with at ALL anyway -- voice away all you like.

But not in Fallout. It's much different, and I think adding a voice to the character is a bad idea.

 

[Briosafreak]

Re: Agree

I agree with JE. For whatever reason, in these games, *I* want to be the wastelander.

As such, his portrait and/or voice is not something they should supply.

The Final Fantasy games are different, since, for me, they haven't been 'immsersive' in that sense for a long time. They're goofy looking little teenagers -- not someone I can identify with at ALL anyway -- voice away all you like.

But not in Fallout. It's much different, and I think adding a voice to the character is a bad idea.

Yep, my thoughts exactly

 

[Malky]

Agreed.

 

[The physopathic Polock]

Simply another one of the many things they are getting right. Good for them nonetheless...